height

height

b. Elevation above a given level, as of the sun or a star above the horizon; altitude. See Synonyms at elevation.

2.

a. The condition or attribute of being relatively or sufficiently high or tall: Height is an advantage in basketball.

b. Stature, especially of the human body.

3. Often heights

a. A hill, mountain, or other piece of ground that stands out from the surrounding land.

b. A high point or position: Prices rose to stunning heights.

4.

a. The highest or uppermost point; the summit or apex: finally reached the height of the mountain.

b. The highest or most advanced degree; the zenith: at the height of her career.

c. The point of highest intensity; the climax: the height of a storm.

5.

a. Obsolete High rank, estate, or degree.

b. Archaic Loftiness of mind.

c. Obsolete Arrogance; hauteur: "He returned me a very resolute answer, and full of height"(Oliver Cromwell).

[Middle English, from Old English hēhthu, hēahthu.]

Usage Note: Although some people pronounce height with a final (th) by analogy with length and width (and, in fact, the word was originally pronounced and written with a th), the standard pronunciation in Modern English is (hīt).

height

(haɪt)

n

1. the vertical distance from the bottom or lowest part of something to the top or apex

2. the vertical distance of an object or place above the ground or above sea level; altitude

3. relatively great altitude or distance from the bottom to the top

4. the topmost point; summit

5. (Astronomy) astronomy the angular distance of a celestial body above the horizon

6. the period of greatest activity or intensity: the height of the battle.

7. an extreme example of its kind: the height of rudeness.

8. (Physical Geography) (often plural) an area of high ground

9. (often plural) the state of being far above the ground: I don't like heights.

10. (often plural) a position of influence, fame, or power: the giddy heights they occupied in the 1980s.

[Old English hīehthu; related to Old Norse hǣthe, Gothic hauhitha, Old High German hōhida; see high]

height

(haɪt)

n.

1. extent or distance upward: The plane gained height rapidly.

2. distance upward from the lowest or a given level to a fixed point.

3. the distance between the lowest and highest points of a person standing upright; stature.

4. considerable or great altitude or elevation.

5. Often, heights. a high place above a level; hill or mountain.

6. the highest or most intense point; utmost degree; peak: the height of pleasure; the height of rush hour.

syn: height, altitude, elevation refer to distance above a level. height denotes extent upward (as from foot to head) as well as any measurable distance above a given level: The tree grew to a height of ten feet. They looked down from a great height. altitude usu. refers to the distance, determined by instruments, above a given level, commonly mean sea level: The airplane flew at an altitude of 30,000 feet. elevation implies a distance to which something has been raised or uplifted above a level: a hill's elevation above the surrounding country.

height

1. The vertical distance of a level, a point, or an object considered as a point, measured from a specified datum.2. The vertical dimension of an object. See also altitude; elevation.

lowness - the quality of being low; lacking height; "he was suddenly aware of the lowness of the ceiling"

2.

height - the highest level or degree attainable; the highest stage of development; "his landscapes were deemed the acme of beauty"; "the artist's gifts are at their acme"; "at the height of her career"; "the peak of perfection"; "summer was at its peak"; "...catapulted Einstein to the pinnacle of fame"; "the summit of his ambition"; "so many highest superlatives achieved by man"; "at the top of his profession"

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